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| PhloTron |
This bust happened a couple weeks ago here in PDX...and as most drugs come to this part of the country...they came from good 'ol BC :D ... Talk about a big stash...glad he was so dumb to pay for a plane load of gas with cash...Kids remember: Stupid people end up getting caught...don't be stupid! :) :) :)
| quote: | Tip leads to drug haul at PDX
Pilot Paul David Carter is out on bail and back in Canada, and a U.S. grand jury will consider an indictment
10/30/03
MARK LARABEE
Because most people pay with credit, the $600 cash a pilot paid in August raised the suspicions of an airport refueling attendant and eventually put a Canadian-registered airplane into a database that tracks potential drug runners.
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The twin-engine Piper Aerostar 601P landed in Portland on Oct. 8 after a flight from British Columbia. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers decided to do a secondary search after the plane's tail number popped up in the database as being involved in suspicious activity.
The pilot, Paul David Carter, was arrested after a drug-sniffing dog found 100,000 Ecstasy tablets -- more than 42 pounds with a street value of $2.5 million -- in a cargo area. It's the largest seizure of the drug from a private aircraft nationally, according to the U.S. Customs agency.
Carter, who owns Coast to Coast Charters, is charged in federal court with importing the popular club drug, a hallucinogen that has taken dozens of lives across the country, including two in Portland.
Next week, a grand jury is scheduled to consider an indictment, and Carter could be required to enter a plea. If convicted, he could face more than 10 years in a federal prison.
On Wednesday, the 32-year-old Canadian citizen was released into the custody of his in-laws in Canada after they put up $100,000 in cash.
Despite some concerns, U.S. Magistrate Janice M. Stewart said Carter's father-in-law, Dale Culpepper, a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who is now a prison guard, would be a good steward and would ensure Carter's court appearances.
The prosecutor argued that Carter should remain behind bars. Court papers indicate that trace amounts of cocaine, heroin and amphetamines were found on board, and Carter is the sole owner and operator of the airplane.
Richard Scruggs, an assistant U.S. attorney, said the government didn't have time to track the cash payout by Carter's family, and he doubted that Carter, once in Canada, would ever return given the potential penalty.
"I think to an organization that has more than $2 million worth of drugs here, $100,000 is a small cost of doing business to have him released and not come down here to be put on trial," Scruggs said.
But the judge said she was satisfied that the money did not come from illicit sources.
According to an affidavit by Seung H. Sung, a special agent for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Carter told the officers that he'd flown from Penticton, B.C., to Portland to refuel on his way to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where the airplane was scheduled to have some maintenance. Sung said the story didn't check out. No work was scheduled, and the mechanics had no record of ever servicing that airplane.
Further, Sung stated that the flight from Penticton to Coeur d'Alene is only 178 miles, while the flight from Penticton to Coeur d'Alene through Portland is 661 miles.
Customs officers might not have done a secondary check if it hadn't been for the database entry by Canadian police. They entered the tail number into the computer after an attendant at the Shell station at the Kelowna, B.C., airport called in the Aug. 6 cash payment. He also said he noticed the airplane was loaded with unmarked boxes.
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| j_spot |
at least they got the pricing right(100000 pills=2.5 mill=25 a pill. Average price for buying w/o a connection)
one bust in calgary, the math worked out that the 'price' of pills was 43 a piece. Dont trust everything.
I like honest reporting.:thepirate
no comment on the crime/drugs etc |
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| Pettiscool |
| quote: | [/i][/b]in federal court with importing the popular club drug, a hallucinogen that has taken dozens of lives across the country, including two in Portland.
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What a Joke..... i hate the states |
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| UWM |
Some friends of mine were arrested about two years ago for running a drug operation in which they moved 100,000 pills over a 1 1/2 year period. Their maximum senteces would've been upwards of 80 years but they ended up only getting 2.
Lucky. |
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| 3jaz |
| quote: | | 100,000 pills you won't get. |
GOOD
burn em all
damn hippies |
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| Dublin Guy |
| quote: | | at least they got the pricing right(100000 pills=2.5 mill=25 a pill. Average price for buying w/o a connection) |
i dont mean to sound stupid here but is that how much youd pay for a pill ? |
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| BTG |
| quote: | Originally posted by 3jaz
GOOD
burn em all
damn hippies |
go away. nobody likes you australians anyways.
thats why you're in the bottom corner of the world >: P |
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| UWM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dublin Guy
i dont mean to sound stupid here but is that how much youd pay for a pill ? |
Well, at least where I'm from - unless you know the right people, that's not at all uncommon. |
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| butterfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dublin Guy
i dont mean to sound stupid here but is that how much youd pay for a pill ? |
they are expensive here |
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| Dublin Guy |
| in hell dats bit steep for pillz , theve gone alot cheaper over here with most ppl in a club charging just €5 a yip |
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| Trancention |
| Blah doesn't bother me any. |
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| SuperFarStucker |
If you let the dealer push you around your are going to be paying at *least* 20. Tell him(her) you'll buy "8 for 100" or some other similarly priced ratio and if your "firm" about it chances are s/he'll go through. If they are too eager to jump on the deal then you probably shouldn't buy from them (selling bunk or something). Never, never, go above 15 a pill at a big party. There are more pushers there than you can possibly imagine and they get them (for the most part) for dirt cheap. I can get 200 @ 5.50 a piece. That's pretty common... at least here in washington.
If your only buying one, then you'll pretty much be forced to pay 20 unless you got a connection. If you don't want to take more than one, then just pool up with your mates and buy in bulk. What you don't use at this party can always be saved for later.
I don't know how it is outside the u.s. but from my understanding its like <5 euros for an e in most of urbanized europe. |
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